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Observation of a Phase Transition of Stored Laser-Cooled Ions
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Clouds of two to about fifty simultaneously stored, laser-cooled ${\mathrm{Mg}}^{+}$ ions in a Paul trap were observed in two phases, which are clearly distinguishable by their excitation spectra. Transitions between these phases can be induced either by a variation of the power of the laser radiation used to cool the ions or by a change of the size of the radio-frequency voltage applied to the trap. Transitions between a "crystalline" phase and a "gaseous" phase can be repeatedly observed by variation of the appropriate parameters. The two phases and the transitions between them have also been recorded by a photon-counting image system.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Diedrich, F., Peik, E., Chen, J. M., Quint, W., & Walther, H.
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1987-12-28
- Volume
- 59
- Issue
- 26
- Pages
- 2931-2934
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
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- W2044305145
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- 414
- References
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- 12.95
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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